A woman in her 20s was found dead late Monday evening at a hotel in Westminster, prompting authorities to launch a homicide investigation.

WESTMINSTER, Calif. - A woman in her 20s was found dead late Monday evening at a hotel in Westminster, prompting authorities to launch a homicide investigation.

Officers responded about 11 p.m. to a call of suspicious circumstances at a Quality Inn in the 6600 block of Westminster Boulevard, police said in a statement. The victim was found unresponsive in one of the rooms.

"Evidence at the scene suggests the female was the victim of a homicide," according to the news release from the Westminster Police Department. She was not immediately identified, pending notification of family.

The agency declined to release any additional information on Tuesday.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Westminster police detectives at (714) 898-3315.